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While this could change the game for electric cars (Edit: as others have already been discussing), it would also be an amazing advance for cell phones and compu
by wanorris 15y ago
While this could change the game for electric cars (Edit: as others have already been discussing), it would also be an amazing advance for cell phones and computers. Imagine a cell phone that had a lighter battery but still lasted through a week of use between charges. Or an incredibly thin and light battery (and a correspondingly thin and light phone) that still lasted a couple of days.
Or a notebook that didn't need all the power management to dial down the CPU and GPU when unplugged, and could barrel away full speed and still last for a day or two. You'd still have to worry about heat dissipation, but there are plenty of fast notebooks that handle that fine when plugged in.
Or an iPad with the battery life of a Kindle. Or a Kindle that you charged once a year.
- smd80 15y agoBut can you imagine trying to find the charging cable for your Kindle after a year?
- FrojoS 15y agoFor a notebook you still want to reduce energy usage. All that heat has to go somewhere and a hot device and loud fan are very annoying. Apart from that, I agree. Any of this new battery types will first be used in small, high priced devices.
- itsnotvalid 15y agoOr they can reduce the size of the batteries to cut weight.